My First Year At College Was Tough

I remember just like it was yesterday, leaving my family, friends, home, and girlfriend to go away to college. High School always seemed like it would last forever, each year longer than the last, but now that I was destined for adulthood, I wanted nothing more than to go back! In time I would get through it and become an adult.

I lived in the dormitories my freshman year. Every room was packed to the veritable rafters with stuff, and having two students in one room made it even more cramped. In each room people had everything and everything to make things feel more life home. You’d see microwave ovens, fridges, televisions, rice cookers, and more all stuffed into these closet sized rooms.

My first week was insane, I was running around like a madman trying to find my classes. It was hard enough to keep track of the timetables, never mind where the classrooms where. In my first week of biology I ran so late, I was speeding towards the classroom door and ran right into the professor. He dropped his pipe in shock and I had to go and find one of those handheld vacuums to clean up for him.

I eventually got used to it, started to meet people, and found my way fitting in socially with new friends. I still missed my girlfriend back home though. She was still in High School, absolutely gorgeous with long brown hair and deep emerald eyes. I missed her so much. She missed me too, but not as much as I missed her, apparently. She filled the hole I’d left with another guy and told me on the phone one night it was finished.

There was tons do do at college to keep myself busy. Apart from studying and prepping for exams, I’d met lots of cool people and pretty girls. It was like I was partying every single night. It did get kind of old in time, and I moved of campus for my second year.

Me and 6 other guys found an apartment. It was downtown, and we drew straws for the rooms. I got the biggest room, and it had a full size loft bed, and plenty of room for my computer desk underneath. I cycled to campus each week for classes and ended up getting pretty fit.

My first year of college had it’s ups and downs, but it all worked out well in the end. I will always remember those days well and I recommend every young girl and guy out there to enjoy it.